FORBES, Alexander
| Service Number: | 174 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Tiaro Shire Boer War Honour Roll, Tiaro War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 174, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 174, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 20 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 174, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, The Queenslander newspaper, 16 May 1902, p. 8 notes dicharged in South Africa for employment on 20 Mar 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Alexander Forbes enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details wer published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father J. Forbes, Tiaro. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 24, held by the Qld State Archives he directed part of his pay to his father Mr. J. Forbes, Tiaro.
The Queenslander newspaper, 16 May 1902, noted members of the 5th QIB who remained in South Africa for various reasons when the unit returned to Australia for disbanding. It noted 174, Private A. A. Forbes was discharged in South Africa on 20 Mar 1902 to take up employment there.
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